Moon Phases

What moon phase comes AFTER a Waning Crescent?

• Full Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

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What Moon Phase is shown?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

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Which of the following choices has the moon phases in the correct order?

• Full moon, new moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent, waning gibbous, waning cresent, last quarter

• waxing gibbous, new moon, first quarter, waxing crescent, full moon, waning crescent, third/last quarter, waning gibbous

• New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third/last quarter, Waning Crescent

• New Moon, Waning Crescent, First Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous, Third/Last Quarter, Waxing Cresecent 

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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A ______ is when the side of the Moon facing Earth appears to be not lit. 

• New Moon

• Crescent Moon

• Full Moon

• Moon Phases

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A ________ is when a small section of the Moon facing Earth is lighted. 

• New Moon

• Crescent Moon

• Full Moon

• Moon Phases

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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing

• Completely illuminated

• dark side is facing earth

• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day

• year

• week

• month

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If the last full moon was on April 4th, when can you expect to see the next full moon? 

• April 29th

• July 4th

• May 4th

• September 12th

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